This day (September 28) marks the 73rd birthday of Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of the five children of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Begum Fazilatunnesa, was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on September 28 in 1947.
The ruling Awami League (AL) has drawn up various programmes to celebrate party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 73rd birthday on Saturday (September 28).
The party will hold a discussion at the city’s Krishibid Institution at 3.30pm on Saturday. Party’s Presidium Member and Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury will chair the function. Top leaders of the party will address it.
Milad and doa mahfils will be offered in the capital as well as different parts of the country.
Like previous years, AL and its affiliated organizations will celebrate the day through various programmes on the life and achievements of Sheikh Hasina.
Though premier is now in the USA to attend the 74th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, her birthday will be celebrated in a befitting manner at home and abroad.
In the 1986 parliamentary election, she was elected as parliament member from three different constituencies. After the overthrow of autocracy in 1990, she was elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the House.
In 1996, 21 years after her father was assassinated, Sheikh Hasina led the Awami League and helped the party assume power and became the prime minister for the first time.
On August 21, 2004, Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader, barely escaped an attempt on her life as grenades were lobbed at an AL rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. Although she survived the attack, at least 24 people were killed and over 200 others injured. Most of them were Awami League leaders and supporters.
In 2008, she led the Grand Alliance to an overwhelming victory acquiring 90 percent of parliament seats in the general elections. She was elected the prime minister on January 5, 2014 for the second time in a raw.
Sheikh Hasina assumed office of the Prime Minister for third consecutive term with a thumping victory in general elections in December 2018.
Under her leadership, Bangladesh has become a role model for development, attaining steady economic growth, becoming self-sufficient in food and attaining a marked progress in the fields of women empowerment, agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, communication, energy and power, trade and commerce, ICT and the SME sectors.
